The Store-A-ToothTM
service enables families to save their own adult stem cells – from baby teeth
ready to fall out; teeth pulled for orthodontic reasons; and wisdom teeth being
extracted. Dental professionals
play a role in making patients aware of this option, giving families the choice
to safely and securely store their stem cells today – in a convenient and
affordable way – so that they can take advantage of future therapies in
regenerative medicine and dentistry.

The company partners with dental
offices to make it easy to educate and inform patients about the option to
preserve their family’s dental stem cells. For those interested in the service,
Provia works with the dental team to provide high-quality tooth collection, and
arranges for the sample to be sent overnight to the lab, where the stem cells
are harvested, tested, and cryopreserved for future potential use.

“New stem cell therapies are going
to change medicine as we know it, and dentists will play a leading role in
enabling this transformation,” states Howard Greenman, Provia Labs’ CEO. “There’s
been a lot of media buzz about stem cell research in general, but most people
are unaware that a very potent and plentiful source of viable stem cells exits
in the dental pulp of healthy teeth.”

Dental stem cells have already
been used successfully in people to regenerate alveolar jaw bone and to treat
periodontal disease. “One of the first routine applications in the oral cavity for
the use of mesenchymal stem cells from teeth will be to promote bone growth
around implants so they integrate more quickly, similar to how cellular bone
matrix products are used today,” says Dr. Nicholas Perrotta, DMD, who started
providing the Store-A-Tooth service in 2011.

“In addition
to potential applications in regenerative dentistry, dental stem cell research
may lead to new treatments for a wide range of medical conditions, including type
1 diabetes, stroke, cardiovascular disease, spinal cord injuries, and
Parkinson’s disease, to name a few,” explainsPeter Verlander, PhD, Chief
Scientific Officer for Provia Labs. “Dental stem cell collection and preservation gives parents the peace of
mind that they are now equipped to take advantage of the breakthroughs in stem
cell therapies that will arise from the research community.”

“Store-A-Tooth is less expensive than collecting stem cells from
umbilical cord blood. In fact, we hear from many of our customers that they are
thankful to have this opportunity to store their stem cells, especially if they
missed the chance to save cord blood,” states Greenman. “Our mission is to make
stem cell banking accessible to the millions of children losing teeth
every year.”

There are no fees or costs to dentists who wish to become an authorized
Store-A-Tooth provider; in fact, dentists can generate incremental revenue for assisting
with tooth collection. Provia Labs supplies all participating practices with patient
education materials, practice tools, and dedicated support; training is simple,
and there is minimal impact to existing workflow.

Dental professionals share Store-A-Tooth educational materials with
their patients, who enroll directly with Provia Labs. The day of the appointment,
the dentist simply places the extracted tooth into the Store-A-Tooth collection
kit, which includes a proven transport device called Save-A-Tooth®. In
use by thousands of dentists for over 20 years, the Save-A-Tooth is an FDA-approved
and ADA-accepted device for transporting avulsed teeth for reimplantation. The Store-A-Tooth
collection kit is shipped overnight to the Provia Laboratories facility, where
the stem cells are processed and stored.

The Store-A-Tooth service
is currently available to dental offices throughout the United States and internationally.
To become a provider, visit www.store-a-tooth.com or call 877-867-5753.

About Provia Laboratories, LLC

Headquartered in Lexington,
MA, Provia Laboratories, LLC (www.provialabs.com) is a healthcare services company specializing in
high-quality biobanking (preservation of biological specimens). The company’s
Store-A-Toothä service platform enables the collection,
transport, processing, and storage of dental stem cells for potential use in
future stem-cell therapies. The company advises industrial, academic, and
governmental clients on matters related to the preservation of biological
specimens for research and clinical use. In addition, Provia offers a
variety of products for use in complex biobanking environments to improve
sample logistics, security, and quality. For more information on dental stem
cells, call 1-877-867-5753, visit www.store-a-tooth.comor www.facebook.com/storeatooth, or follow via twitter @StoreATooth

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Martin Jablow DMD, is America's Dental Technology Coach. He practices general dentistry in a group setting in Woodbridge, NJ. Dr. Jablow promotes the use of technology in the dental office to improve efficiency and patient care. He lectures and writes articles on the use of technology to enhance the practice of dentistry. Dr. Jablow can be reached by email at marty at dentaltechnologycoach dot com